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Among the young lawyers who argued the case is Mishi Choudhary, a technology lawyer and founding director of the non-profit, Software Legal Centre, that works on online civil liberties. Ms. Choudhary was the lawyer for Mouthshut.com, a reviews-based website which would frequently get requests to take down negative reviews against builders who had defaulted, educational institutions giving fake degrees, banks and the police. Mouthshut.com&#039;s CEO Faisal Farooqui is himself in his late 30s.
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&amp;quot;The Supreme Court has ruled that the Section goes beyond reasonable restrictions as imposed by Article 19(2) and is vague and finds no part of it severable and has struck it down in its entirety. Liberty of speech and expression are cardinal concepts of paramount significance in a democracy,&amp;quot; Ms. Choudhary said.
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Arguing for the People&#039;s Union for Civil Liberties with lawyer Sanjay Parikh were Apar Gupta (30) and Karuna Nundy (38). &amp;quot;I remember reading the Section when it came out and thinking it was ludicrous,&amp;quot; Ms. Nundy recalled, noting the &amp;quot;over-breadth&amp;quot; of the provision, something the Supreme Court agreed with. &amp;quot;I was drawn into the case having commented on the Information Technology Act from its early days. A journalist friend also used to write articles on censorship on the Internet and we approached the PUCL in early 2012 to file a writ petition to challenge Section 66A,&amp;quot; Mr. Gupta said.
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Arguing for the People&#039;s Union for Civil Liberties with lawyer Sanjay Parikh were Apar Gupta (30) and Karuna Nundy (38). &amp;quot;I remember reading the Section when it came out and thinking it was ludicrous,&amp;quot; Ms. Nundy recalled, noting the &amp;quot;over-breadth&amp;quot; of the provision, something the Supreme Court agreed with. &amp;quot;I was drawn into the case having commented on the Information Technology Act from its early days. A journalist friend also used to write articles on censorship on the Internet and we approached the PUCL in early 2012 to file a writ petition to challenge Section 66A,&amp;quot; Mr. Gupta said.
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Tuesday's verdict is a victory for a loose coalition of young lawyers, Internet activists and researchers who filed separate petitions but helped each other with backroom work and creating public opinion over the last two years.
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&quot;The Supreme Court has ruled that the Section goes beyond reasonable restrictions as imposed by Article 19(2) and is vague and finds no part of it severable and has struck it down in its entirety. Liberty of speech and expression are cardinal concepts of paramount significance in a democracy,&quot; Ms. Choudhary said.
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Arguing for the People's Union for Civil Liberties with lawyer Sanjay Parikh were Apar Gupta (30) and Karuna Nundy (38). &quot;I remember reading the Section when it came out and thinking it was ludicrous,&quot; Ms. Nundy recalled, noting the &quot;over-breadth&quot; of the provision, something the Supreme Court agreed with. &quot;I was drawn into the case having commented on the Information Technology Act from its early days. A journalist friend also used to write articles on censorship on the Internet and we approached the PUCL in early 2012 to file a writ petition to challenge Section 66A,&quot; Mr. Gupta said.
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Victory for team of young lawyers, activists -Rukmini S

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